Making the best of your surroundings :)

[onehothemi]

Well, times are rough and money is tight, finishing college and waiting on the police academy class to begin, I've moved into my grandfather's house to finish my education and save on rent. I've moved all my equipment into my new surroundings and set things up the best I can to be able to enjoy my equipment but I need some suggestions and help with my dilemma. I've attached a picture of my modest setup, and my questions are below.





I've changed out all the electric outlets and properly grounded them, changed the light switch to a Lutron Maestro IR dimming unit, and reprogramed everything into my Harmony remote, mounted my speakers, calibrated the amp, and gotten settled in. However, I need help and suggestions! I want to make the best of my environment.

My primary concern is my new receiver, Onkyo TX-SR606. I don't have a stacking solution, rack and so on, and the amp, scientific atlanta 8300HD, BDP-S300, PS3, and XBR5 produce ALOT of heat, most likely enought to heat the room but anyway. I am curently using an Antec laptop cooler ( http://www.antec.com/usa/productDeta...an=us&id=75004 ) to cool my amp off, but it is very noisy and very inefficient. Luckily it is powered by USB and the 8300HD unit has a front usb port for accessories, and it passes power, so right now the cooler is being run off of that, but I need alternate cooling solutions for my equipment, as I can't be burning out equipment as this is all I have left. Unfortunately the radiator for the room is right in the corner by the power source for my equipment so outside of shutting the radiator off and freezing in the NY cold does anyone have suggestions to cool off my equipment (realistic suggestions please no oppen the window stuff here).

Perhaps a spacing solution to raise the components off one another a few inches so they can vent, and be cooled. I'm always thinking of better ways to do things.

Also, I am looking for a stacking solution, some kind of rack, not enclosure, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.